I don't think we'll ever know if we overreacted.

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I don't think we'll ever know if we overreacted.

Author: LehighND (7534 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 1:14 am on Apr 30, 2020

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But let's start with this. You seem to think we closed down relying on some data we now know to be false data. I don't think anyone clung to any particular piece of data (good or bad) in their decisions to close down. All I know is that it seems to have worked out as planned. We completely shut down and although we still have more deaths than the worst flu (probably since 1918), but we avoided overrunning the hospitals. We've done better than France, Italy and quite a few other countries. And by spreading it out, many of us will catch this after there is a decent treatment protocol.

It seems like the success of this strategy is its undoing.

Are you kind?

Replies to: "I don't think we'll ever know if we overreacted."

Fair, balanced, and the truth about how we got caught with our pants down on COVID [NT] [LINK] - Frank L - 9:49pm 4/29/20 (34) [View All]
- Data is actually trending towards we overreacted. - iairishcheeks - 10:46pm 4/29/20
  - My problem with this. - LehighND - 11:42pm 4/29/20
    - Bad data is worse than no data. - iairishcheeks - 12:10am 4/30/20
      - So nearly the entire world got it wrong, according to the Internet rabbit holes you frequent. - LehighND - 12:46am 4/30/20
        Heh, in my internet rabbit holes I have to argue the opposite. - iairishcheeks - 12:56am 4/30/20
        I don't think we'll ever know if we overreacted. - LehighND - 1:14am 4/30/20
        Probably so. - iairishcheeks - 1:26am 4/30/20
        If you declare success, you just don't care enough. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:39am 4/30/20
  - Not according to this article. We were completely unprepared. [NT] - Frank L - 11:09pm 4/29/20
    - We were completely unprepared. - iairishcheeks - 11:22pm 4/29/20
  - Data is actually trending towards America didn't act soon enough by 6 - 8 weeks. - jimbasil - 10:57pm 4/29/20
    - You think Trump should have shut down the country during the impeachment? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 11:34pm 4/29/20
      - Goddammit, I wish that would have happened. - iairishcheeks - 12:37am 4/30/20
        A good sense of humor immunizes you from TDS. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:34am 4/30/20
        Yeah, but what about Italy? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 1:35am 4/30/20
        Well, they could always bring back Berlusconi if they need to develop their sense of humor. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:38am 4/30/20
      - Ah, the impeachment argument. Ask his caddy maybe he knows. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:41pm 4/29/20
        You are the one who suggested that something should have been done during the impeachment, not me. - NedoftheHill - 1:30am 4/30/20
        Well then, I am right, ask his caddy. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:06am 4/30/20
        So, you would have been just fine with Trump shutting down the country then? Obviously not. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:56pm 4/30/20
    - Here ya go. [NT] [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 11:07pm 4/29/20
      - Ya! And this is telling us what? [NT] - jimbasil - 11:31pm 4/29/20
        Do you want me to read it to you? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:45pm 4/29/20
        Well it has nothing to do with my post unless you care to share - jimbasil - 11:56pm 4/29/20
        It has to do with my post, ya know, the one you replied to? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:11am 4/30/20
        No actually it doesn’t. It does however point to the facts - jimbasil - 12:17am 4/30/20
        This is not a difficult concept, Jim. - iairishcheeks - 12:36am 4/30/20
        Much less deadly for whom? You're shooting flames out of your butt hole. - jimbasil - 1:03am 4/30/20
        Deadly for humans. - iairishcheeks - 1:10am 4/30/20
        You have no idea what you're saying. You're just repeating idiocy created by idiots. - jimbasil - 1:16am 4/30/20
        Without the 1918 pandemic, I wouldn't be here, I know it well. - iairishcheeks - 1:31am 4/30/20
- Pretty much. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:35pm 4/29/20
  - Funny how the bots can’t even accept a WSJ article that questions their Lord. [NT] - Frank L - 10:38pm 4/29/20
    - Ya know, it's an oddity. Biden is the biggest woman abuser ever, Trump, a role model. - jimbasil - 10:41pm 4/29/20